Supervisors tackle varied topics during first meeting in February

Debra MooreStaff Writer

2/13/2015

From what their constituents thought about the state of Jefferson to the need to hire more staff, the supervisors discussed a number of topics Feb. 3.

But the first meeting in February was shorter and less controversial than the last meeting in January when the board discussed not only the formation of a new state, but the effort to establish a tourism improvement district, and listened to a church leader suggest that a supervisor had practiced religious discrimination.

No cases of measles have yet been reported in Plumas County

Lori Pini

Health Education Coordinator

2/11/2015

Even though there have been no cases of measles reported in Plumas County, the Disneyland measles outbreak should be a concern to all of us, with the numbers of infected individuals growing almost daily.

As of Jan. 28, 98 people from 14 states were reported to have measles. Eighty-two live in California and two-thirds of those were associated with the Disneyland outbreak. Some school districts in Southern California are now preventing unimmunized children from attending class.

Local women start ‘Dress a Girl Around the World’ sewing group

Gretchen Miller (left) and Ginger Stratford are coordinating a local sew group that is part of the “Dress a Girl Around the World” project. Here they display dress kits they have put together for the sew group and others who may be interested in working on the project. Photos by M. Kate West

M. Kate West

Staff Writer

2/11/2015

In October 2014 Ginger Stratford, Gretchen Miller, Elena Sanders and Barbara Scally attended a Wesleyan Women’s Retreat at Zephyr Point at Lake Tahoe.

“One of the offered workshops was a project called ‘Dress a Girl Around the World,’ sponsored by Hope 4 Women International,” said Stratford.

“Gretchen and myself are both avid seamstresses and the idea of clothing and sewing totally appealed to us.

“Upon entering the workshop we looked at the informational materials and upon reading the phrase, ‘Imagine a world where every little girl owned at least one dress and you made it’ — we were hooked,” she said.
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